フランスから愛を込めて：「アメリ」（2001）以後のロムコム映画 From France with Love : Gender and Identity in French Romantic Comedy

Harrod, Mary

I.B. Tauris（2015/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 280 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781784533588
• DDC分類 791.436543

Full Description

Love stories have always been at the heart of French cinema, but romantic comedies have, until recently, been absent from it. In 2001, the global success of Amelie catalysed a major development in the Western world's second-largest film industry: the appropriation of the 'Hollywood' romantic comedy genre (or Rom-Com a l'Americaine). In From France with Love, Mary Harrod explores this contemporary phenomenon, examining both local hits and films with international status. Using socio-cultural data, box-office figures and analysis of critical reception, she reveals the ways in which these films mirror shifting attitudes towards gender roles within French society, as well as the increasingly important interrelation between French national cinema and transnational filmmaking paradigms.

Contents

INTRODUCTION

ROMANTIC COMEDY - AND ITS DISCONTENTS
ROMANTIC COMEDY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
ROMANTIC COMEDY IN FRANCE

2. ROMANCE TODAY
LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE
POST-ROMANCE
CASE STUDY: Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain/Amelie
CONCLUSION

3. GENDERED IDENTITIES IN LOVE
THE NEW 'NEW WOMAN'
MELODRAMATISED MASCULINITY
ALTERNATIVE SEXUALITIES
CONCLUSION

4. FAMILY AFFAIRS
THE ENSEMBLE FAMILY ROM-COM
THE MUMMY MYTH
CASE STUDY: La Bûche/Season's Beatings
CONCLUSION

5. GENRE, STYLE AND TRANSNATIONALISM
GLOBAL ROMANTIC COMEDY, THE OTHER WITHIN
FROM FRANCE WITH LOVE: ROM-COM FOR EXPORT
CASE STUDY: L'Arnacoeur/Heartbreaker
CONCLUSION

CONCLUDING REMARKS: ROM-COM INTO THE 2010S

Bibliography

French rom-coms 1990-2010 with box-office admissions

Index